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Mara the Lioness, the Glossary

Mara the Lioness (1965–1974) was an animal actor who appeared as Elsa in the 1966 movie Born Free, based on the true story of Elsa the Lioness raised by George and Joy Adamson.^[1]

25 relations: African buffalo, African Cats, African wild dog, Babesia, Big cat, Bill Travers, Born Free, Born Free Foundation, Camel, Cheetah, Disneynature, Elsa the lioness, England, George Adamson, Hyena, Jackal, Joy Adamson, Leopard, List of national parks of Kenya, Meru National Park, Nairobi National Park, Orphanage, Species, Whipsnade, Whipsnade Zoo.
1965 animal births
Environment of Kenya
Individual lions

African buffalo

The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large sub-Saharan African bovine.

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African Cats (known as Felines in France) is a 2011 nature documentary film about a pride of lions and a family of cheetahs trying to survive in the African savannah directed by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey.

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African wild dog

The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as the painted dog or Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa.

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Babesia

Babesia, also called Nuttallia, is an apicomplexan parasite that infects red blood cells and is transmitted by ticks.

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Big cat

The term "big cat" is typically used to refer to any of the five living members of the genus Panthera, namely the tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard, as well as the non-pantherine cheetah and cougar.

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Bill Travers

William Inglis Lindon Travers (3 January 1922 – 29 March 1994) was a British actor, screenwriter, director and animal rights activist.

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Born Free

Born Free is a 1966 British drama film starring the real-life couple Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, another real-life couple, who raised Elsa the Lioness, an orphaned lion cub, to adulthood and released her into the wilderness of Kenya.

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Born Free Foundation

The Born Free Foundation is an international wildlife charity that campaigns to "Keep Wildlife in the Wild".

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Camel

A camel (from camelus and κάμηλος from Ancient Semitic: gāmāl) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back.

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Cheetah

The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat and the fastest land animal.

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Disneynature

Disneynature is an independent film studio that specializes in the production of nature documentary films for Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company.

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Elsa the lioness

Elsa the lioness (28 January 195624 January 1961) was a female lion raised along with her sisters "Big One" and "Lustica" by game warden George Adamson and his wife Joy Adamson after they were orphaned at only a few days old. Mara the Lioness and Elsa the lioness are Environment of Kenya and individual lions.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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George Adamson

George Alexander Graham Adamson MBE (3 February 1906 – 20 August 1989), also known as the Baba ya Simba ("Father of Lions" in Swahili), was a British wildlife conservationist and author based in Kenya.

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Hyena

Hyenas or hyaenas (from Ancient Greek ὕαινα) are feliform carnivoran mammals belonging to the family Hyaenidae.

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Jackal

Jackals are canids native to Africa and Eurasia.

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Joy Adamson

Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson (Gessner; 20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) was a naturalist, artist and author.

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Leopard

The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera.

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List of national parks of Kenya

The national park system of Kenya is maintained by the Kenya Wildlife Service.

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Meru National Park

Meru National Park is a Kenyan national park located east of Meru, from Nairobi.

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Nairobi National Park

Nairobi National Park is a national park in Kenya that was established in 1946 about south of Nairobi.

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Orphanage

An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Whipsnade

Whipsnade is a small village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England.

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Whipsnade Zoo

Whipsnade Zoo, formerly known as ZSL Whipsnade Zoo and Whipsnade Wild Animal Park, is a zoo and safari park located at Whipsnade, near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara_the_Lioness